Hospitality Industry News
ORLANDO, Fla. – September 4, 2013?- Renee MacDonald has been named Hilton Orlando’s director of events and catering, according to Doug Gehret, the hotel’s general manager. MacDonald will lead the catering and event operations for the 1,417-room Hilton Orlando, which since opening in 2009, has three times
Hospitality Industry News
PHUKET, THAILAND – September 4, 2013?- Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rory Campbell as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand. Campbell assumed the role effective September 2, 2013, and reports
Hospitality Industry News
Leading investors in Morgans Hotel Group Co. are demanding again that the underperforming company be sold. After the company announced Tuesday that CEO Michael Gross had resigned, Bloomberg reported that billionaire investor Ron Burkle insisted in a letter to new interim CEO Jason Kalisman that the company be put on
Hospitality Industry News
Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Sept. 4, 2013)?- Mark Adams has been appointed the new director of sales at1, Los Angeles’ premier oceanfront resort. In his new role, Adams will be responsible for leading the sales team toward creating extraordinary moments, overseeing business development and providing strategic direction for the department.
Hospitality Industry News
FAIRFIELD, N.J., September 4, 2011-Officials of Paramount Hotel Group, an independent, hotel management and ownership company, today announced that Karen Thomson, CHME, has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing. She will be responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing efforts for the company’s
Hospitality Industry News
TORONTO, September 4, 2013?- FRHI, the parent company of luxury and upper upscale hotel brands Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotels & Resorts and Swiss?tel Hotels & Resorts, today announced several appointments to its senior leadership team. The management changes, which include executive appointments and newly created roles in
Hospitality Industry News
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – September 4, 2013 – Extended Stay America today announced that Jonathan Halkyard will join the Company as Chief Operating Officer effective September 30, 2013. Mr. Halkyard will be responsible for hotel operations, purchasing, loss prevention and facilities. “Jonathan is a seasoned executive with extensive finance, operations and hospitality
Hospitality Industry News
1BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand?s leading hotel operator, Centara Hotels&Resorts, is to open its first property on the African continent following the signing of a management contract for Centara Grand Addis Ababa Hotel Ethiopia. The contract was signed in Centara?s head office in Bangkok on 29 July 2013
Hospitality Industry News
1Jones Lang LaSalle?s Hotels & Hospitality Group has advised Olhuveli Laamu Holdings Pvt Ltd on the USD70 million sale of the 97-villa luxury Six Senses Laamu resort in the Maldives to Leisure Frontiers Limited, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Hotel Properties Limited. Six Senses Hotels, Resorts & Spas
Hospitality Industry News
1Azerbaijan jointly with CIS countries will prepare proposals on the development of tourism, Azerbaijan Tourism Association (AzTA) chairman’s advisor Muzaffar Agakerimov said on August 31. According to Agakerimov, Azerbaijan should develop tourism with CIS countries. Relevant proposals will be presented by AzTA to the Culture and Tourism Ministry after
Hospitality Industry News
1Wyndham Hotel Group has signed a management agreement with British-owned developer The First Group’s subsidiary Omega I to build the first TRYP by Wyndham hotel in the Middle East. The 672-room TRYP by Wyndham Dubai will be developed in the city’s TECOM district and its addition
Hospitality Industry News
1 CHICAGO,?Sept. 3, 2013?/PRNewswire/ — Most travelers prefer to do so in the summer months, according to a joint survey conducted by?1, and?1. More than 750 people responded to the survey, which asked respondents which season was their favorite in which to travel. The GO Group, LLC
